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1810 census was begun on 6 August 1810. The
count was due within nine months, but the due date was
extended by law to ten months.
Questions Asked in the 1810 Census
Name of family head; number of free white males and
females in age categories: 0 to 10, 10 to 16, 16 to
26, 26 to 45, 45 and older; number of other free persons
except Indians not taxed; number of slaves; and town
or district and county of residence.
Research Tips for the 1810 Census
The 1810 census records are useful in identifying the
locality to be searched for other types of records for
a named individual. The 1810 census will, in most cases,
help distinguish the target family from others of the
same name; help to determine family size; locate possible
relatives with the same name; identify immediate neighbors
who may be related; identify slaveholders; and spot
spelling variations of surnames. Free men “of
color” are named as heads of household. Slaves
appear in age groupings by name of owner. By combining
those age groupings with probate inventories and tax
list data, it is sometimes possible to determine names
of other family members and the birth order of those
individuals. Manufacturing schedules are scattered among
the 1810 population schedules.
For a state-by-state listing of census schedules, see
The 1790–1890 Federal Population Censuses: Catalog
of National Archives Microfilm (Washington, D.C.: National
Archives Trust Fund Board, 1993). For boundary changes
and identification of missing census schedules, see
William Thorndale and William Dollarhide, Map Guide
to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790–1920
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The information above is an excerpt from The Source:
A Guidebook of American Genealogy, edited by Loretto
D. Szucs and Sandra H. Luebking, Chapter 5, “Research
in Census Records,” by Loretto D. Szucs (page
112).
Note: Ancestry.com has made a database of AIS Census
Indexes available to site subscribers at: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/census/ais/main.htm.
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